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A member of Aosdána, the Irish National Academy of Artists, Michael Smith was the first Writer in-Residence to be appointed by University College, Dublin and is an Honorary Fellow of UCD.
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member and Aosdána
head of poetic school ; master ), is the highest honour that members of Aosdána, an association of people in Ireland who have achieved distinction in the arts, can bestow upon a fellow member.
The poet Pearse Hutchinson, on the other hand, a member of Aosdána, described it as " a miracle and a godsend " that allowed him to continue writing at a time when he might have had to give up.
He received honorary degrees from the University of Ulster and Mount Holyoke College and was a member of Aosdána.
He was an Honorary Life Member of the Royal Dublin Society from 1991, served as president of Irish PEN and was a founder member of the Society of Irish Playwrights as well as a member of Aosdána.
McGahern was a member of the Irish Arts honorary organization Aosdána and won many other awards ( including the Irish-American Foundation Award, the Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres, and the Prix Etranger Ecureuil ).
On July 11, 2007, Scott, who is a founding member of Aosdána, was conferred with the title of Saoi, the highest honour that can be bestowed upon an Irish artist.
He is a member of Aosdána, the Royal Hibernian Academy Gallagher Gallery in Dublin held a major retrospective of his work in 2003.
She is a member of the Aosdána affiliation of Irish artists and of its governing body, the Toscaireacht.
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